Field Hockey Beaten by No. 6 Cortland, 3-1

Cortland, NY (10/24/09) – Three different players
scored goals to lead the nationally sixth-ranked Cortland field hockey
team to a 3-1 win versus visiting Montclair St. Saturday afternoon at
the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex. The Red Dragons improved to 16-0
with the victory, while the Red Hawks fell to 9-6.

Semit gave Cortland a 1-0 lead just 10 seconds into the game when she
converted a pass from McCabe after the opening faceoff. Montclair St.
had two excellent chances to tie the game in the first half, but Hughes
denied Hagel's deflection in the 11th minute and made a diving save on
Hagel in the 20th minute.

McGurl made
it a 2-0 lead in the 50th minute when she tapped in DeWaters' pass at
the left post. The Hawks pulled to within 2-1 in the 61st minute after
scoring on a penalty corner. Hagel made a pass to the top of the arc
where Murphy scored on a hard shot. Woodward , however, tallied an
important insurance goal with just one minute, three seconds remaining
in regulation as she scored a rebound goal from the right side on a
diving shot.

Montclair State is back home for the
first time since early October as the Red Hawks host Ramapo College at
Sprague Field on Wednesday, October 28 at 7:00 pm.